| PlantID | 0066 |
| Botanical Name | Bombax malabaricum |
| Common Name | Semal |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Rosidae | | Order: | Malvales | | Family: | Malvaceae | | Genus: | Bomax | | Species: | malabaricum |
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| Part used | Fruits, seeds, flowers, leaves, stem-bark and root. |
| Medicinal Properties | Diuretic, expectorant, invigorating, astringent, acne, laxative, anti-inflammatory, tonic, demulcent, antidysenteric and aphrodisiac |
| Medicinal Use | Vata diseases, diarrhoea, dysentery, menorrhagia and leucorrhoca. Fruits are useful in urinary calculii, chronic inflammation of bladder, kidney and in strangury. |
| Chemistry | Beta-Sitosterol and its glucoside(all parts); lupeol (seeds, bark, root-bark), hentriacontane, hentriacontanol (flowers), arachidic, linoleic, myristic, oleic and palmitic acids(seed oil). |
| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Throughout Rajasthan |
| Description | It is large tree. Leaves are large, petiole is longer than the leaflets, leaflets are lanceolate. Flowers are large, red in color. Occasionaly white, appearing before the leaves. Fruit capsule is 15-17 cm long, ovoid, drowny. |
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